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Drive-by shooters, bomb leave 6 dead in Baghdad

Updated 05 July 2013

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

July 05, 2013 03:00

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Drive-by shooters, bomb leave 6 dead in Baghdad

Updated 05 July 2013

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

July 05, 2013 03:00

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BAGHDAD: Officials say gunmen in speeding cars shot and killed three people in Baghdad while a bombing at a teahouse the night before also killed three.
A police officer says attackers opened fire from a speeding car at two doctors in the eastern New Baghdad neighborhood on Thursday morning, killing one and wounding the other.
The officer says a similar drive-by shooting in the eastern Zafaraniyah neighborhood killed a woman doctor and a school guard.
Another officer says a bomb went off late Wednesday inside a teahouse in the capital’s northern Azamiyah neighborhood, killing three people and wounding 14 there.
Two medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Iraqi PM Abadi says election fraud allegations to be investigated

Updated 42 min 35 sec ago

Reuters

May 24, 2018 19:33

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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said on Thursday that allegations of fraud in national elections held last week will be investigated, according to a statement from his office.
The electoral list of Moqtada Al-Sadr, a populist Shiite cleric, unexpectedly won the biggest number of seats in the May 12 ballot.
The fraud claims have centered on the city of Kirkuk — although there have been reports of irregularities in multiple provinces — and focused on the tabulation system in electronic voting machines that were used for the first time during the election.
A special committee appointed by the cabinet will investigate the allegations, Abadi’s office said.
Some candidates have also expressed concerns about voter intimidation and reports of chaotic distribution of ID cards, which they claim disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of people.
Following several days of complaints — including a call for an investigation by the UN’s senior envoy to Iraq, Jan Kubis — the country’s electoral commission said on Monday it had invalidated ballots from 103 polling stations in five provinces.
The investigatory committee, which will include advisers from the security and intelligence sectors, will have access to all documents pertaining to the electoral process, including from the electoral commission.
The commission could not immediately be reached for comment.